Motor vehicle



July 31, 1923. 1,463,371

' A. E. OSBORN Patented July 31d, 1923. i

UNITED. sfr-aras- ALBEN' E. osBonN, or new Yoan-NJB?.

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prima; apniication mea september 1, 1920,*seria1 no.`4ov,a7s'. Dividedand .this applicati@ mea Angustia, 192,1. semina. 491,9605. Y Y l isconcentric with thel traction wheel and passes thru the axle of saidwheel. It can,

however, bel applied with Vadvantage to any type of motor vehicle whereit is *desirablev to apply the engine starting means 'at a point atright angles-to the engine shaft such as would bezthe case if the engineshaft were arranged across the jvehicle and it is desired to have thestarting crank in front.v The features of the invention lie in thearrangement of the valve operating means, magneto drive, and startingmechao nism of the engine. l

purposes of disclosure, illustrated my yinvention in one of its formsonly but I would have it understood that it is susceptible of embodimentin other forms without departure from the true spirit and scope of theinvention as defined in the appended claims. The drawing represents apartial sectional vside elevation of my invention as applied to amotorcycle.

VInthis 'drawing 10 indicatesthe main frame of the motorcycle which maybe of` the usual construction and is provided with rear forks which aredetachably fastened at each side of thevtraction wheel 15'to theV powerunit. This power unit comprises the internal combustion enginel 20 atone side n or the wheel and a lsuitable transmission Y mechanismrwhlchisnot shown 1n the drawing as it does not form a partV of this in-'vention'.` VThe engine 20 isshown .in theril- Y lustrationY as beingofthe ,single` cylinder four cycletype altho obviously a two jcycle or amulti-cylinder engine or other'type of primemover can be used ifdesired. The

nected, thruy the bevel pinion 18 and intermeshing bevel gear 19,to thestarter'shaft 25 which shaft extends forward torconnect at its forwardend with the starting pedal V35, which is pivoted at a convenient place`ter gears only come into action'when startvIn the accompanyldrawing Ihave, for the vneed not'be particularly described.

main or crank shaft of'thisengine is con# on the frame v10,",when saidpedal: de-

pressed `thru a segmented gear 36 on the starter` pedal coming into meshwithy the pinion 26 on the end of the shaft'. These lating the engineand `in order to allowv for the rotation'of the engine should its'tartwhile they are still kept in mesh the'pinion 26 is connected to the,shaft 25 thru a suitable ratchet device 64 such as is customary withlthe pinions of starting mechanisms of, motorcycles. The starter shaft'isshown'lasalsoY provided with a'suitable gear 24 arranged to driveanother gear 17 onthe magneto, lighting generatorl or 'other apparatus"28` 70 which appartaus is shown as vmounted with Y v its rotatingYmember parallel with the starter shaft but obviously can bel arrangedwith its rotating members aXisc'ross-wise by using bevel or spiralgearing;l Theshaft' 25, in addition to'thesestarting andmagneto drivingfunctions, is provided adjacent to the engine with, as the engine shownis of thev four cycle type, a cam 21 for opening l' I the inlet valveanda cam 22 for opening theveXhaust valve. When thus -tted to operatethe valvesthe gears 18 and V19 are arranged so that the shaft 25 wouldturn at one-half the speed of the 'engine crank shaft while, when a twocycle engine is used, it may bel arranged to .turn at any desired speed.fr The shaft is *carried by a bearing 27 Vat its rear betweenthe twovalve cams and by a bearing 63 at its forward ,end adjacent to thepinion 26. i

The remaining parts of the motorcycle canl be of the `.usual design andtherefore `Having thus described my inventiom I claim 'as new and desireto secure Let-l.

'tersPatent- M Y l. In a moto-r vehicle the combination ofv a propellingmotor, a main shaft in said g motor, a second shaftat substantially aright f 10G angle to said main shaft and gearedthereto,

a gearrotatably mounted on said second shaft, a means for connectingsaid. gear with y saidrsecond shaft totransmit motion betweeny them inone direction. only, a segmental gear rotatablysupported on said motorvehicle Vadjacent to the first named gear butv normally held out of meshtherewith, and a manually operated means for rotating sald,` segmentalgear to bring said segmental gear into mesh with said gear on the secondshaft to rotate said second shaft and the main shaft of the motor andstart the motor.

2. In a motor vehiclet'he combination of a trac-tion wheel, a propellingmotor, adj acent to the wheel, a main shaft in said motor, a, secondshaft atsubstantiallyV a right angle to said main shaft and gearedthereto, and mea-ns, acting on the end of said second shaft beyond theplane of said wheel, for manually, rotating said second shaft to startthe motor.

3.111 a motor vehicle the combination of a tractionwheel, a propellingmotor ladjacent to said wheel, a main shaft in said motor parallel withthe axis of said wheel, a second, shaft at substantially a right angleto said main shaft and geared thereto, a valve in said motor, meansconnected to said second shaft toac.tuate said valve by its rotation, anelectric generator, means also connected toy said second shaft toactuate said generator by its rotation, a gear rotatably mounted on saidsecond shaft, a means for connecting said gear with said shaft totransmit motion between themrin one direction' only, and a manuallyoperated means acting on said gear to rotate said gear, said secondshaft and the main shaft of the motor to start the motor, f

4:. In' a motor Vehicle the combination of a traction wheel, apropelling motor, a valve in said motor, a main shaft in said motorparallel with the axis of said wheel and within the planethereof, asecond shaft at substantially a right angle to said main shaft andgeared thereto, means connected to said shaft to actuate said valve bythe rotation of said shaft, an electricgenerator mounted beyond theplaneof said wheel and means also connected to said shaft to actuate saidgenerator by the rotation of said shaft.

5'. In a motor `Vehicle the combination with a rear traction wheel, afront steering wheel and a connecting fra-ming, of a propelling motorwithin the plane of the rear traction wheel, a main sha-ft in said,motor and Substantially parallel with the axis of rotation of saidtraction wheel and geared thereto, a second shaft gea-red to said mainshaft and with its axis at substantially a right angle to said mainshaft and extending beyond the plane of the rear traction wheel, andmeans acting on the forward end of second shaft and mounted -on theframe of the Vehicle between said rear traction wheel and-front steeringwheel for manually rotating said second shaft to startthe motor.

inVV witness whereof, I have hereto set my hand this 30th day of July,1921.

` ALBEN E. OSBORN.

